adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a headlong dash (= without looking where you are going )
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I made a headlong dash up the street but just missed the bus.
headlong plunge
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The plane began a headlong plunge towards the Earth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
fall
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He fell headlong , his arms flailing, and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds.
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Once she stumbled and nearly fell headlong , but somehow she recovered her balance and tore on.
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One step forwards and he would fall headlong .
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Madra tripped and fell headlong in the leaf mould, and in an instant their pursuers were upon her.
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She fell headlong , with a cry of alarm, and lay gasping for breath as the pain shot up her leg.
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As it vanished, absorbed in the veils of blackness, Stephen stumbled over a twisted root and fell headlong .
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Unbalanced, he was forced to plunge his foot back in to stop himself from falling headlong .
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While trying to avoid police officers guarding the building, Howard falls headlong into a cellar.
plunge
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Up went a roar as he plunged headlong into the stew.
run
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She ran headlong into a woman.
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She crouched back into the shadows and saw Geoffrey run headlong down the stairs.
rush
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None the less, Henry did not rush headlong down the road to schism.
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Settlers rushed headlong across the wilderness to claim the best land.
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Rush headlong to the grave with the most outlandish style possible.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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McGuire slid headlong into second base.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But men are more likely than women to actually throw themselves headlong into romance and be swept away.
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He stood just within the room, looking steadily at the Princess, and went headlong where his genius pointed him.
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If your battle plan is to charge headlong at the enemy and engage him as soon as possible chariots are ideal.
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Instead the company is jumping headlong into the commercial satellite business.
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On 26 April the parties to litigation will be thrown headlong into a new landscape.
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Settlers rushed headlong across the wilderness to claim the best land.
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This did not mean she was prepared to throw herself headlong into a relationship with the first half-decent male who happened by.